Hay-rack



No. 620,587. Patented Mar. 7, |899.

A.-H|NES.

HAY BACK. lic-aaien med Feb. s', 1898 No. 620,587. Patented Mar. 7, |899;

A. HINES.

HAY RACK.

Application med rep. e, muy (No Modem 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

ANDREW HINES, OF ARLINGTON, KENTUCKY.

HAY-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,587, dated March '7, 1899.

. Application filed February 8, 1898. Serial No. 669,585. (No model.)

To `all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW HINES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arlington, in the county of Carlisle and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Hay- Rack, of which the following is a specication. The invention relates to improvements in hay-racks.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of hay-racks and to p rovide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one adapted to be readily applied to any ordinary wagon body or bed and capable of being mounted thereon andremoved therefrom in sections,so that one person can readily handle it. l

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and varrangement of arts, as hereinafter fully described, illusrated in the accompanying drawings, and

pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hay-rack constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a wagon-body. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one ofthe cross-bars of one of the lower sections of the sides of the rack. Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the detachable braces.

Like numerals of reference designate cori l responding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 and 2 designate sides and ends of a hayrack which is mounted upon a wagon body or box 3 of the ordinary construction. The sides 1, which are detachably mounted upon the sides of the wagon body or bed, are composed of upper and lower sections 4 and 5, hinged together at their adjacent portions, and the upper one is adapted to fold downward on the lower one. The lower section l5 is composed of horizontal bars or slats and transverse conmeeting-bars 6, suitably secured to the horizontal slats or bars. The upper section 4, which is constructed similar to the lower section, is provided at the lower ends of its transverse bars 7 with eyes 8, which are detachably engaged by hooks 9 of the bars 6 of the lower section. The hooks and eyes forma hingejoint and also permit the sections to be disconnected When desired.

The lower ends of the bars 6 are cut at an angle and fit against the outer faces of the sides of the wagon-body, and they are provided with eyes 10, which are engaged by hooks 11 of anchoring-bars 12. The anchoring bars or rods 12, which are arranged on the inner faces of thesidesrofwthe'wagonbody, have their lower portions extendedl through the bottom thereof and threaded to receive nuts 18, which detachably secure the anchoring-bars in position on the Wagon-body. The upper ends of the anchoring-rods are angularly bent to form hook-shaped portions 14, and the terminals of the latter are extended upward to form arms 15, which are provided with the said hooks 11. The inner ends of the bars 6 are recessed at their upper faces to receive the outer sides of the hook-shaped portions of the anchoring-rods, which serve to secure the lower sections of the lsides of the hay-rack to the Wagon-body and at the same time prevent the bars 6 from moving laterally thereon.

The lower threaded ends of the anchoringrods extend through transverse cleats 16, which project beyond thesides of the wagonbody, and the projecting ends of the cleats 16 are provided with perforations receiving and forming sockets for detachable pins 17 of braces 1S. The braces 18, which are detachably stepped in the openings or sockets of the cleats by means of the said pins 17, have their upper ends bifurcated at 19 to receive the bars 6 and are detachably pivoted to the same by means of bolts 20. The braces 18, which have their lower ends beveled to fit the cleats', extend outward from the sides of the wagon-body at an inclination and form-hrm supports for the sides of the hay-rack.

The sides and the ends of the hay-rack taper in length, as clearly illustrated in the drawings, to close the spaces .at the corners of the rack, and the ends 2 are constructed exactly the same as the sides, being composed of upper and lower sections detachably hinged together by hooks and eyes. The lower sections of the ends are supported by inclined braces 18 and are detachably secured to the wagon-body by anchoring bars or rods.

The topbars of the sides and ends of the rack are connected by suitable fastening devices, such as hooks 2l and eyes 22 or any IOC) other suitable fastening devices, to prevent the upper sections of the sides and ends from folding accidentally.

The hay-rack may be readily removed from the wagon-body by withdrawing the pivotbolts of the braces and removing the nuts of the anchoring-rods, and the outer or upper sections of the sides and ends may be folded on the lower sections.

The invention has the following advantages: The hay-rack is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction and is adapted to be readily applied toany ordinary wagon-body without inj uring or necessitating any alteration in the construction of the same. The sections of the hay-rack are adapted to fold on each other and are detachably connected, and the parts may be assembled one at a time, so that one person may place the hay-rack on and remove it from a wagon-body.

Changesin the form, proportion, and-minor `details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

1. In a device of the class described,the combination Withawagon-body, of an anchoring bar or rod arranged at the inside of the body, a hook projectingk from the upper end of the anchoring-bar and engaging the upper edge A of` the wagon-body, an arm extending from the outer portion of the hook and projecting from the wagon-body, and a hay-rack section detachably engaging the arm and secured by the latter to the wagon-body, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a wagon-body, of an anchoring- -rod arranged inside of the body, a hook arranged at the upper end of the anchoring-rod and engaging the upper edge of the body, an arm extending outward from the hook, the hook 11 located'at the outer end of the arm,A andY a hay-rack section fitting against the wagon-body and provided with an eye-'engaging the hook l1, substantially as described.

3. In a device ofthe class described,the comrods having arms extending upward from the p louter sides of the hook-shaped portions and terminating in hooks, ahay-rack section provided with eyes to engage the hooks and having transverse bars recessed to receive the outer sides of the hook-shaped portions, and. inclined braces provided at their lower ends with pins and detachably stepped on the wagon-body, the upper ends of the braces being bifurcated and detachably secured to the transverse bars, substantially as described.

5. vIn a device of the class described,the combination of a.Wagon-body, hooks'arranged atI the upper edges of the Wagon-body, sides com-- posed of sections detachably hinged together and provided with eyes to engage the hooksat the sides of the wagon-body, ends composed of sections hinged together detacliably' and provided with eyes to engage the hooks'- at the ends oi' thewagon-body, inclined'braces detachably stepped on the Wagon-body and. secured at their upper ends to the inner sec'-v tions of the sides and ends of the hay-rack,` and fastening devices detachably connect'- ing the ends ot` the upper sections of the sides 1 and ends of the hay-rack, substantially as desc-ribed. V

In testimony that I claim lthe foregoing as* i my own I have hereto affixed my signature inl the presence o two witnesses.

ANDREW I-IINESA Witnesses z; J. D. WrLsoN, Y

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